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Friday, March 29, 1973
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By ZLENA SELEZ
(X Tin Hurrtc.n. Staff
A memorial service for Dr. Earl W. Sutherland, Jr., 58 UM professor of biochemistry and Nobel Prize winner, was held Monday, in the Mailman Auditorium at the UM School of Medicine.
Dr. Sutherland died March • in Jackson Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient in the intensive care unit since February 27.
In 1971 Dr. Sutherland was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology-Medicine for his extensive research in the field of human hormones.
In particular, he studied a chemical called cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cyclic AMP), confirmed its presence in the human body and demonstrated its role in regulating hormonal action.
Cyclic AMP	transmits
instructions to	hormones
which in turn control almost
all body functions and cell development
He also received one of 11 National Medals of Science awarded last October by President Nixon for achievements in science, mathematics and engineering.
Dr. Sutherland joined UM’s faculty last July, and his wife, Dr. Claudia S. Sutherland, is assistant dean for biomedical research planning at UM.
He was continuing his research at UM into the chemical reactions which enable hormones to control the body's metabolism by initiating changes In cell activity.
Four oi Dr. Sutherland's former colleagues recalled his career at the memorial service which was presided over by Dr. Emanuel M. Pap-per, dean of the UM School of Medicine.
They were Dr. Carl F. Cori,
visiting professor of biological chemistry at Harvard University School of Medicine and 1947 Noble Prize Winner; Dr. Theodore W. Rail; J. H. Hord, professor of biochemistry at Case Western Reserve University; Dr. Alexander Heard, chancellor of Vanderbilt University; and Dr. William J. Whelan, professor and chairman of the department of biochemistry at UM's School of Medicine.
"The Nobel Prize for Medicine: A meeting with Dr. Earl W. Sutherland Jr.,” a film produced In Sweden, was shown at the service, followed by a reception and a display of memorabilia at the medical school's Louis Calder Memorial Library.
Dr. Rail, who collaborated with Dr. Sutherland while he was studying cyclic AMP at CWRU, acknowledged his encouragement of young re-
searchers and said he often provided them with professional exposure.
"The seven years 1 spent with him were an important period in his life — as they certainly were in mine — and he took pains to develop younger colleagues,'' Dr. Rail said.
“More recently, he expressed anxiety about the future of biomedical research funding and this, too, was part of his concern for the work that
lies ahead for younger men
in this field."
Dr. Sutherand had the distinction of being the first man in over a decade to win the Nobel Prize for solo accomplishment.
His work, however, paved the way for other researchers in the field of cyclic AMP and hormones.
“The estimated 4.000 scientists engaged in exploiting
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SpHihiI Board Voir
West Lab School Will Remain Open
You ‘Auto’ Know Better
If students are not getting tickets fer parking illegally, it’s for running stop signs. Here the offi-
Photo By DAVID KIPNIS
cer of the law Is making good use of his long arm. By now he must be an expert of flagging them down. Most student speedsters “auto” know him by now.
USBG Bill Stirs Controversy
See Editorial, Page 4 By SKY PULFORD
Ot Tli* Hurricane Staff
An external response bill titled "Administrations Grade,Interpretation Policy” to Dr. William Butler, vice-president of Student Affairs, from Undergraduate Student Body Government (USBG) has caused considerable turmoil between the Senate and Executive branches of student government.
The bill requires students running for top USBG offices to complete 12 credit hours the semester prior to their candidacy.
Elections for president, vice-president, and treasurer will be held April 10 and 11.
On Monday the student Senate passed a resolution stating “the grade interpretation policy be changed so as not to require the completion of 12 credits in any semester prior to candidacy or tenure.”
Four students running for office are affected by this confusion. They are Phil Medico, Bill Kelley, Alan Richard, and Bob Hoffman.
The bill requires the signature of the USBG Senate Speaker and USBG President in order to be sent to the administration for approval, the
USBG Constitution says.
The USBG President has 10 days to decide whether he will pass or veto a bill. If the President exercises this prerogative on the current bill, he has until April 8.
Campaigning. for the next election begins on April 5.
On Tuesday. Steve Silver-man, Senate speaker said he signed the bill and awaited Scott Anderson, USBG President’s signature.
“Scott was not present during his office hours and 1 was told by Howard Winne-man (associate director of
Special Committee Formed To Determine Union Fees
The passage of a Union Board of Governors (UBOG) constitutional amendment relating to the payment of Student Union operations costs and which students should be required to pay, has resulted in the formation of a special committee.
A spokesman for the committe said it will be looking “into inequities, if any, in the Union fee structure and recommend alternate proposals to overcome the problem.”
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The committee consists of Student Union Director Joseph Pineda, UBOG Chairperson Risa Sugarman, Undergraduate Student Body Government (USBG) President Scott Anderson, Graduate Student Association (GSA) President Rathinda Nath-Roy, and a representative from the Student Bar Association (SBA).
In the first meeting, it was unanimously decided that an inequity did exist in the fee structure and negotiations are in progress for the restructuring of fees and responsibilities among USBG, GSA, and SBA.
“We are now checking out Student Union room reservations and individual Student Activity desks to see how many graduate, undergraduate, and law students use the facilities,” Sugarman said.
“The main thing is everyone agreed there was a need to negotiate a change in the fee struc-t u r e so all students would contribute to the Union.”
The special committee is planning to meet again next week.
Student Activities) that Dr. Butler needed the bill to act on as soon as possible,” Silverman said.
Winneman was not available for comment.
"What I did was sign the legislation for Scott,” Silver-man said. “Technically I didn't have the right, but this is based on a precedent, as Scott has signed legislation for me."
The bill was then taken over to Dr. Butler’s offke by Ken Gardner, USBG Senator and candidate for President who is rtinning on a slate with Phil Medico.
“I was asked to drop It off at Butler's office since I was on my way over to a meeting in the Ashe Building anyway,” Gardner said. “I believe it was Steve who gave it to me."
Gardner claims he was a “victim of circumstance” and not involved in any conspiracy.
Anderson explained how the turmoil between the Executive and Senate began over
this bill;
“On Tuesday I arrived in
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See Editorial, Page 4 By DIANE ELEN RENNICK
Assistant Maws Editor
Three-hundred and eighty four elementary school children will be allowed to remain in the West Lab Elementary School, after a re-quest by UM President Henry Stanford to close the school was denied.
The Dade School Board voted March 18 to reject Dr. Stanford’s request to close West Lab. The board voted 4-3 to reaffirm the decision It made last June 6 to keep West Lab open.
West Lab was built in 1954 by the School Board on 10 acres donated by UM to serve as an experimental school for UM education researchers.
Members of the board voting to close the school were Chairman Holmes Braddock.
Vice Chairman William Turner and Phyllis Miller. Dr. Ben Sheppard, Ethel Beckham. Alfredo Duran and Robert Renick, voted to keep West Lab open. -
The School Board had agreed to review West Lab’s purpose as an experimental school and Its current practice of allowing parents to place their children's names on the enrollment list at birth. This request was made by Miller.
School officials will study both issues and report back to the board. No date has been set for the report.
As a result of the board vote. Dr. Stanford said West Lab’s admission policy is elitist and discriminatory and he said it “is not a good lab school.” He said he would try again to persuade the School Board to sell the school to UM.
Miami attorney Donald Bierman speaking for the school’s parent association, said the admissions policy is “the essence of democracy “because it operates on a first come, first served basis.
The possibility of the ad-
Giites Close Monday Night
The Student Union gates will be closed on Monday night at 11:30 p.m. until 6:30 a.m. Tifesday to aid in the security of exhibits to be shown on the patio in conjunction with Recreation for Life Week.
missions system switching to a lottery-style process is considered by Bierman as “extremely unfair" to parents who have already placed their children’s name on the waiting list.
Under a 1954 agreement with the School Board, the University may repossess the land and buy the buildings from the board at cost if the school is no longer used as a
laboratory.
Dr. Stanford said UM now needs the land more than It need the lab school and offered the School Board $868,-000 for the buildings.
He also said that a school administration report indicated West Lab is no longer necessary as a research center for the school system.
Bierman and other West Lab parents said the board
should not sell the school to the University because the building and its site are public property. They said UM's $868.000 offer was $1.1 million less than what would cost the School Board to replace the school.
One parent. Richard Lapi-dus, said, "It belonged to the people 20 years ago, it belongs to the "eopie now, and we hope it will belong to the people 20 years from now.”
Continued Narcotics Busts Net 960 Complex Suspect
By DAVE TF.PPS
AllKIll* Editor
Police have wasted no time in continuing their drug crackdown on campus following resumption of classes this week, arresting a 960 Complex freshman on narcotic charges.
Jonathon Backer, 19, was arrested on warrants obtained by Coral Gables police and served by UM security, the UM news bureau said. He was charged with possession and sale of marijuana and cocaine.
Coral Gables police undercover agents arrested the suspect at his door late Tuesday afternoon, with the cooperation of UM security. Campus police, however, were only involved with the serving of the warrants, said Director of Security Fred Doerner.
The drug arrest apparently was engineered by outside authorities.
“We have no undercover agents,” Doerner said. “There are no undercover agents from any police department living on campus, to the best of my knowledge.”
Doerner said there could conceivably be agents living
on campus without his knowledge.
Nine students were arrested earlier this months on various drug charges in raids both at Mahoney Hall and an off-campus address. That bust was carried out by Cables police and Dade County authorities.
Doerner's denial of a large role by UM security in the recent drug busts contradict statements by at least one student leader who said UM was sponsoring a drug crackdown.
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major. Backer was back on
canpus within 24 hours of his arrest.
UM District Has New Rep - Tom Gallagher
By ANTHONY VERDESCA
Of Tht Hurrican« Staff
Republican Tom Gallagher, a 30-year-old businessman, upset Democratic opponent Monna Lighte by less than 700 votes Tuesday in the race for a District 111 seat in the Florida House of Representatives. That district encompasses UM.
In a year tainted by Watergate for GOP candidates, Gallagher became only > the third Republican legislator elected from Dade County to the Ftorida House since the Civil War.
A poorly informed Democratic constituency may have been the reason for Gallagh-
Recreation For Life Fest To Include Skiing, Ballooning And Free Sangria
By TINA TILLES
Of Tl* Hurriean« Staff
It’s not an April's Fool’s joke!
Students at UM are sending President Henry King Stanford and other top level administrators up in a hotair balloon to celebrate the opening of Recreation for Life Week on Monday, April 1, at 11:30, from the intramural field on San Amaro Drive.
Recreation for Life la the annual event planned by University students to create an awareness of the various forms of recreation available to the young and old, able and handicapped.
“In order to get the administration to go up in the balloon one at a time, we’ve taken out a $300,000 insurance policy with Lloyd's of London Insurance Company. They are the ones that insure Elizabeth Taylor's diamond rings,” said Kevin Poeppelman, co-chairman of the Recreation for Life Week committee.
Poeppelman said the executive committee for Recreation for Life felt that It is important for the administration of a university to stay in touch and keep in tune as to “what’s happening" with the students.
“Since we couldn't get any of them to streak, we thought we’d get them ‘high’,’’ said Poeppelman.
On Friday, April 5, at noon, the "World's Longest Banana Split,” measuring 226.7 feet long with 180 pounds of bananas. 60 gallons of ice cream, and 10 pounds of nuts and topping will appear on the patio
stretching from the stage to the glass doors of the
Union.
Students can taste and sample for themselves some
of this colossal treat.
“Once again we will be bringing a little winter to Miami,” Poeppelman said.
Seven tons of freshly crushed snow will be spread out between the Memorial Building and the Student
Union.
A professional snow skier from the Miami Ski Club will be giving tips on snow skiing and will also fumih information on upcoming ski trips to Zurich, Switzerland aqd Vail, Colorado.
"Underwater Unlimited” is going to exhibit a scuba display tank filled with water measuring IS feet long by 12 feet wide and 10 feet high.
Next to The Rock three scuba instructors will be giving, on the hour, underwater scuba demonstrations using the newest types of breathing apparatus and scuba equipment.
Two prototype experimental one man helicopters (the same exact version of the ones used in several of the James Bond movies) will be fully equipped on the
patio.
An impressive array of figures in the world of sports — Mercury Morris, Burgess Owens, Chuck Fore-
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er's margin of 639 votes over Lighte, Dr. Vergil Shipley of politics and public affairs at
UM said.
Gallagher reached his supporters through the mail, a tactic which gave him a victory in a district dominated by Democrats 3-1, Shipley said.
“Only one-third of the registered Republicans came out to the polls but that was enough," Shipley said. Total turnout was only IS per cent.
Gallagher said he would have won with a larger majority of votes if it were not for Watergate.
“I’d like to be able to say Watergate wasn't an Issue, but too many people said they could not vote for me because I was Republican.
“I think we would have done better without Watergate,” Gallagher said.
Gallagher had promised Dade voters would receive "fiscally responsible representation” when he begins serving in Tallahassee April 2
The defeated Democrat, Lighte. had no ill-feelings.
“I really feel elated that so many members of my family and my friends helped me in this election.
“I think it was a great, clean, honest campaign, with everything completely open,” she said.
Dr. Thomas Wood, of the Politics and Public Affairs department, said he thought residents of the district were not ready to be represented by a woman.
“I know in the Cuban com-munitv wo: en are not too liberated. This may have had a slight ini uence on the election." said Wood.
But it has not influenced Lighte who says she will try again for a house seat.